From owner-freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 2 22:40:06 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD4861065673 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:40:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9928F8FC17 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:40:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p12Me6en099041 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:40:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p12Me6xV099040; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:40:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:40:06 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201102022240.p12Me6xV099040@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-ports-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Eitan Adler Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B674106564A for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:36:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8ABB68FC17 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:36:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p12ManVd023886 for ; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:36:49 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p12Manbw023885; Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:36:49 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201102022236.p12Manbw023885@red.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 22:36:49 GMT From: Eitan Adler To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: ports/154471: remove default maintainer from b.p.m X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Ports bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:40:06 -0000 >Number: 154471 >Category: ports >Synopsis: remove default maintainer from b.p.m >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Feb 02 22:40:06 UTC 2011 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Eitan Adler >Release: >Organization: >Environment: >Description: Right now b.p.m adds maintainer if the port does not via MAINTAINER ?= ports This masks real errors in ports (because the maintainer doesn't look wrong) and adds code we don't need. There are two possibilities I propose to change this line a) Just drop it. Ports that don't define a MAINTAINER are broken and this just masks it b) Change to a different "global" email address (badmaintainer@freebsd.org) which may avoid breakage in some pointhat scripts but would not mask the errors (and ports with a maintainer of badmaintainer@ could be found easily. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: